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HANS BELLMER.

By: Alexandrian, Sarane. (Hans Bellmer.)

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: Rizzoli, New York, (1975).:

Seller ID: 8963

87 pp, 4to, hard cover (maroon cloth) in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with color and b&w reproductions. "The erotic imagery of Hans Bellmer's art is both witty and violent. Obsessed with his central theme - that of the 'Doll' - Bellmer crea tes capricious, often sado-masochistic, assemblage of parts of the female anatomy...This book, the first to present the totality of Bellmer's art, reproduces in stunning color and black-and-white illustrations the many facets of his art.. . a c o m p e l l i ng text...illuminates Bellmer's art and places it in the wide context of art history i...
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LAST MAKINGS.

By: Birney, Earle. (Introduction by Al Purdy.)

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, (Toronto, 1991), Ist edition.:

Seller ID: 5971

123 pp, 8vo, soft cover, self-flaps. The author's last book of poetry, closing "with a long sequence of love poems - tender, playful, erotic - which joyfully review the past and contemplate eventual leave taking...(includes) a lively, personal intr oduction by Al Purdy, in which he shares anecdotes about his friendship with Birney and insights into the man and his work." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edgewear/rubbing, spine fl a t a n d u n c r e a sed. NF
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THE SHOE: BEST FOOT FORWARD.

By: Blanchard, Tamsin.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Carlton, London, 2000.:

Seller ID: 20898

144 pp, square 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1842220667 Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs. "From the erotic pull of the killer high heel to the trendiest cross-trainer (this book) takes you on an extravagant tour through the fashions of footwear. Capturing the latest trends and sensations and celebrating the enduring classics that have helped define the styles of today, (it) is every footwear aficionado's dream. 'No Pain, No Gain' surveys key shoe des igns - from dagger-sharp stilettos and high-rise wedges to barely-there thongs and foot-huggi...
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THE MAGICAL ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY

By: Burland, C. A.

Price: $32.50 USD

Publisher: London, Arthur Barker: 1966

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25897

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

196 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H). B&w illustrations. "From the earliest time man has been fascinated by visions and dreams, and by the discovery that there were men who could, by magical powers, improve a crop or foretell the weather. As civilization grew there were demands for knowledge which would give control over other men or protection from the wiles of enemies. The study of magic and counter magic became important in the policy of states. Later magic was denounced as a work of the Devil, and then the Devil himself was demoted to become a laughing stock. Yet even nowadays there exis...
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QUICKSILVER. SECOND BOOK OF THE LADY TREE TRILOGY.

By: Dickason, Christie.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, HarperCollins: 1999

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2536

ISBN: 0002243555

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

464 pp, 9 1/2" H. "Quicksilver is part romance, part psychologicl thriller. Richly evocative and subtly erotic, it gives a fascinating insight into the myth of the werewolf. Raised in exile as an English gentleman trying to forget a tragic past, Ned Malise wanted only to be left alone with his music, his rich daydreams and his love for Marika. But at the age of thirty-three, he suddenly began to turn into a wolf. Or so it seemed in 1638, when werewolves were still tried and hanged like witches. On the run from hunters with dogs, Ned takes refuge with the woman he has loved from a...
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NIGEL COATES: BODY BUILDINGS AND CITY SCAPES. (CUTTING EDGE SERIES.)

By: Glancey, Jonathan. (Nigel Coates.)

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Watson-Guptill, New York, (1999).:

Seller ID: 11103

64 pp, square 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0823012115 Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos and drawings. "...examines the philosophy and design thinking of one of today's most innovative architect-designers; includes a detailed examination of Coates's key projects and inspirations; presents 150 color photographs, sketches, and drawings, some of them published here for the first time; provides a chronology of career and milestones; features designs for buildings, furniture, and exhibitions, including work for the Millennium Dome 'Body'." Fine/Fine
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WICKED VICTORIANS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CLANDESTINE LITERATURE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

By: Grimley, Gordon, compiled and edited by.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Odyssey: 1970

Seller ID: 27444

ISBN: 850951208

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

224 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). **ADULT MATERIAL** "The six decades of Queen Victoria's reign - popularly still considered a 'repressive' era - saw the emergence of more erotic and pornographic literature than at any other time in our history, not excluding the present. Hundreds of titles of all grades and shades of erotica were secretly printed and sold throughout England. This anthology, with an Introduction and prefacing notes, uniquely reproduces chapters, passages and bawdy verses." Bump to top corner of boards, very light wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket has light wrinkling...
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KIERKEGAARD AND THE TREACHERY OF LOVE. CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN RELIGION AND CRITICAL THOUGHT 9.

By: Hall, Amy Laura. (Soren Kierkegaard.)

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge, 2002).:

Seller ID: 13101

222 pp, 8vo (8 15/16" H), soft cover. "This is a major study of Kierkegaard and love. Amy Laura Hall explores Kierkegaard's description of love's treachery, difficulty, and hope, reading his 'Works of Love' as a text that both deciphers and complicates the central books in his pseudonymous canon: 'Fear and Trembling', 'Repetition', 'Either/Or', and 'Stages on Life's Way'. In all of these works, the characters are, as in real life, complex and incomplete, and the conclusions are perplexing. Hall argues that a spiritual void brings each text into being, and her interpretation is as m...
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'WITH ALL FAULTS'.

By: Low, David. Introduction by Graham Greene.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Tehran, Amate Press: 1973

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 27166

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

118 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). Inscribed on half title page: 'mea culpa' David Low. B&w illustrations. The memoirs of a bookseller. Contents: List of Plates; Preface; Introduction; London Bookshops; Some London Booksellers; A London Street Market; Hodgson's Sale Room; Some Country Bookshops; Some Country Bookshops. Scottish; Some Country Bookshops. Irish; Some Country Bookshops. French; Some American Customers; Women Collectors; Collections; Erotic Literature; The Most Widely Known Bookseller of our Time; By Royal Appointment; The Printer; Emmington, Chinnor, Oxford; Where's Me? Very light ...
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THE FEMALE NUDE: ART, OBSCENITY AND SEXUALITY.

By: Nead, Lynda.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: London, Routledge: 1994

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 23221

ISBN: 0415026784

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

133 pp, 9 3/16" H. B&w illustrations. "(B)rings together, in an entirely new way, analysis of the historical tradition of the female nude and discussion of recent feminist art, and by exploring the ways in which acceptable and unacceptable images of the female body are produced and maintained renews recent debate on high culture and pornography. It represents the first feminist survey of the most significant subject in western art, revealing how the female nude is now both at the centre and at the margins of high culture. At the centre, and within art historical discourse, the female ...
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LORD WRAXALL'S FANCY. BLACK LACE.

By: Saxby, Anna Lieff.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Black Lace, (London, 1999), reprint.:

Seller ID: 13891

268 pp, mass market paperback. ADULT MATERIAL. "The year is 1720 and Lady Celine Fortescue has been summoned by her father, Sir James, to St Cecilia, the opulent - and turbulent - Caribbean island which he governs. During the long sea voyage, Celine falls in love with Liam O'Brien, one of the ship's officers, unaware that Sir James has other plans for her. These involve Sir Odo Wraxall, whose arrogance and cruelty betray his preference for darker pleasures..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, light rubbing, a few tiny dints...
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WHY MRS BLAKE CRIED: WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE SEXUAL BASIS OF SPIRITUAL VISION.

By: Schuchard, Marsha Keith.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Century: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25798

ISBN: 0712620168

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

448 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H). B&w illustrations. "Much has been written about the work of William Blake and some of the religious beliefs that influenced him, but there is a secret history which, until now, has been kept deep beneath the surface in the mystical underground of England in the eighteenth century. Here, leading Blake scholar Marsha Keith Schuchard reveals an altogether more intriguing and controversial picture of the poet and artist. The discovery of Blake family documents took (her) on a journey of detection that led her to a cast of radical characters including Cagli...
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